This course explores the response of the legal system to the problem of domestic violence, through state and federal criminal laws against domestic violence, including the federal Violence Against Women Act.
Drafting: Contracts
This course teaches students the skills needed to draft contracts that effectuate clients’ needs and anticipate potential legal problems.
Drafting: Corporate Documents
This course teaches the skills needed to draft corporate contracts and documents that effectuate clients’ needs and anticipate potential legal problems.
Drafting: Federal Judicial Opinions
This practical course will teach students advanced legal writing skills used by judges, law clerks, and lawyers in drafting opinions, internal memorandums, and briefs; it is particularly beneficial for students interested in pursuing a judicial clerkship or externship.
Drafting: General Principles
Since the skills involved in writing clear, precise legal drafting are transferable from one document to another, this course teaches students the general principles of legal drafting rather than the techniques of drafting specialized documents.
Drafting: Labor and Employment Litigation
This writing and research course teaches the skills needed to draft various documents in the context of labor and employment administrative proceedings and litigation.
Drafting: Labor and Employment Transactions
This writing and research course teaches the skills needed to draft transactional documents in the context of labor and employment legal practice.
Drafting: Legislation
This course teaches students the principles involved in drafting regulations and legislation, and incorporating policy-making into drafting.
Drafting: Litigation
This course provides students with a basic understanding of drafting various types of litigation documents, such as motions, discovery requests, and trial memos.
Editing Legal Writing
This course teaches the necessary skills to edit legal writing and create a final product that is clear, precise, and effective.